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The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in the western Indian Territory.
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Medicine Lodge Treaty
1867 resettlement agreement between the US government and southern Plains Indian tribes
The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, between the Federal government of the United States and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Plains Indians
Native Americans/First Nations peoples of the Great Plains of North America
Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nations peoples who have historically lived on the Interior Plains of North America. While hunting-farming cultures have lived on the Great Plains for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Indian Territory
Historic sovereign territory set aside for Native American nations, 1834–1907
Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the United States government for the relocation of Native Americans who held original Indian title to their land as an independent nation. The concept of an Indian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)